Man shot to death on South Side is identified

Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune

Two damaged cars are parked at the scene of a fatal shooting and crash in the 7900 block of South Brandon Avenue on June 25, 2017, in The Bush neighborhood of Chicago. A 44-year-old man was shot in the shoulder and head and crashed into a parked vehicle. He was pronounced dead at South Shore Hospital.

Two damaged cars are parked at the scene of a fatal shooting and crash in the 7900 block of South Brandon Avenue on June 25, 2017, in The Bush neighborhood of Chicago. A 44-year-old man was shot in the shoulder and head and crashed into a parked vehicle. He was pronounced dead at South Shore Hospital.

A 44-year-old man shot to death in the South Chicago area over the weekend has been identified by authorities.

David Hobson Jr. was fatally shot in the 7900 block of South Brandon Avenue and pronounced dead at 3:45 a.m. Sunday at South Shore Hospital, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

He was heading north in a car on Brandon Avenue when he crashed into a parked car about 2:40 a.m., Sunday according to police. When paramedics arrived, they realized the man had been shot in the left shoulder and head.

Hobson, of the 700 block of North Ridgeway Avenue in the East Garfield Park neighborhood, died of multiple gunshot wounds, the medical examiner's office determined following an autopsy Monday.